Bra (Piedmont)

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Bra
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Bra (Italy)
Bra
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Cuneo  (CN)
Coordinates 44 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 '0 "  N , 7 ° 51' 0"  E
height 290  m slm
surface 59 km²
Residents 29,852 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 506 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 12042
prefix 0172
ISTAT number 004029
Popular name Braidesi
Patron saint Madonna dei Fiori
Website www.comune.bra.cn.it
In the center of Bra
In the center of Bra
Palazzo comunale (town hall)
Università di Scienze Gastronomiche

Bra [ˈbra] is a municipality in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN) in the Piedmont region with 29,852 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The municipality consists of the districts of Pollenzo , San Matteo , San Michele , Bandito and Bra . Pocapaglia , Cherasco , Sanfrè , Cervere and Marene are neighboring municipalities.

geography

The city is located in the Roero , 16 km west of Alba , 49 km south of Turin and 50 km northeast of the provincial capital Cuneo , in the Tanaro Valley .

Population development

ISTAT

politics

Bruna Sibille ( PD ) was elected mayor in June 2009 as the successor to Camillo Scimone ( PdL ), who was no longer running. In 2014 she was elected to office. Your center-left alliance, which has 9 out of 20 seats, does not have a majority in the local council.

economy

The cheese industry, which produces Bra cheese, among other things , is an important local industry. Every two years in September, the international cheese fair Cheese takes place in Bra .

The Italian slow food movement was founded in Bra and has a strong presence there; many companies market their products under this label. Slow Food is still based in Bra today and runs the Università di Scienze Gastronomiche in the Pollenzo district .

The city is also a member of Cittàslow , a movement also founded in Bra in 1999 to slow down and improve the quality of life in cities.

Sports

The most important local sport is field hockey . HC Bra (men) and HF Lorenzoni (women), Italian record champions , are based in Bra .

On June 9, 1994, Bra was the destination of the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia , where Massimo Ghirotto won .

Community partnerships

Since 1988 there has been a partnership with the municipality of Spreitenbach in the Swiss canton of Aargau , since 2001 with Weil der Stadt in Baden-Württemberg , since 2007 with San Sosti in Calabria and Corral de Bustos in the Argentine province of Córdoba .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Bra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ La Repubblica on June 7, 2009
  3. ↑ taz on September 20, 2003